Absenteeism in school districts throughout Florida skyrocketed beginning during the COVID-19 pandemic — and, confounding ...

The COVID-19 pandemic sparked high absenteeism in public schools statewide, and five years later thousands of students miss weeks of school each year. Nearly a third of students locally and ...

Nearly one million Florida students missed more than three weeks ... “If the pandemic was an earthquake, the subsequent rise in absenteeism has been a tsunami that is continuing to disrupt ...

Florida reopened schools earlier than some states but faces the same challenges of large shares of students missing a lot of ...

Florida schools face alarming rise in student absences since pandemic Steven Walker, Leslie Postal and Scott Travis, Orlando Sentinel Thu, June 5, 2025 at 3:38 PM UTC ...

Borrowers who have defaulted on their federal student loans will no longer be at risk of having their Social Security ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Ivan Flores didn’t love school before the pandemic hit, but his views soured more when he did ninth grade online and off campus. “I was just at home doing nothing ...

Market rallies, tariff pauses, and China deals and resets notwithstanding, the Trump administration presents clear and ...

Planned Parenthood of Michigan is giving up on four of its health centers in the state, citing financial challenges.

The 74 reports that dozens of bills nationwide seek to address chronic absenteeism, and while some focus on support and ...